Legal Opinion
Pimental v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 28, 1997No. Civil Action No. 96-11943-WGYPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
Daniel Pimental (“Pimental”) petitions for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Pimental alleges he was denied effective assistance of counsel during sentencing.
I. BACKGROUND
After an extensive drug trafficking investigation, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Daniel Pimental and others on October 17, 1995. Two days later, a grand jury sitting in the District of Massachusetts returned a thirteen-count Indictment charging Pimental and his co-defendants with various drug trafficking crimes. Pimental was charged with one…
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